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Bawd

Bawd Meaning & Definition
Bawd Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bawd?

[n] a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bawd: cocotte | cyprian | fancy woman | harlot | lady of pleasure | prostitute | sporting lady | tart | trollop | whore | woman of the street | working girl

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bawd: fancy man | gigolo | harlot | hooker | madam | maquereau | meretrix | moll | nightwalker | pander | panderer | pimp | poule | procurer | procuress | streetwalker | white slaver | whore

See Also | adult female | call girl | camp follower | demimondaine | floozie | floozy | hooker | hustler | slattern | street girl | streetwalker | white slave | woman

Bawd In Webster's Dictionary

\Bawd\, n. [OE. baude, OF. balt, baut, baude, bold, merry, perh. fr. OHG. bald bold; or fr. Celtic, cf. W. baw dirt. Cf. {Bold}, {Bawdry}.] A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person; -- usually applied to a woman.
\Bawd\, v. i. To procure women for lewd purposes.

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